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Darrow Montgomery
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Staff Photographer @wcp.bsky.social, also Bicycles and Food
Pinned
I’m in Bangkok and just googled: “Thai food near me” to see what would happen
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Looking for a mediumread while you wait at the airport or hide from your family? My latest @wcp.bsky.social has queer artists, a woman courts labeled a “lunatic,” and 19th-century horses: washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7748...
On Places: Repurposing—and Queering—an H Street Corridor Carriage House
Once home to the ENIKAlley Coffeehouse—a refuge and an incubator for Black gay and lesbian artists and activists.
washingtoncitypaper.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Unlikely Japan
November 25, 2025 at 7:36 AM
The broken hotel coffee machine in Tokyo has a hand-written sign describing it as “in the middle of failure ” . Been there, little guy.
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Back -lit Brunch Spot, Tokyo
November 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Mayor Wu stunting on em heavy
Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
November 23, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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November 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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We’re still looking for a Loose Lips reporter!

washingtoncitypaper.com/loose-lips-j...
Loose Lips
Apply to be our Loose Lips columnist. This local politics reporting job is based in D.C.
washingtoncitypaper.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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“The JAG at Southern Command specifically expressed concern that strikes against people on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean…could amount to extrajudicial killings, the six sources said, and therefore legally expose service members involved in the operations.”
Top military lawyer raised legal concerns about boat strikes
The lawyer at U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the operations against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela, disagreed that the strikes are legal and was overruled, according to six sources...
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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November 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
If you can design a cute rice-cooker we’ll let you do a car next
November 19, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Just once, I want a reporter’s follow-up question to be, “Why are you such a fucking asshole?”
November 18, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Album Cover with Title
November 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Temple Bird
November 18, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Goebbels' Diaries Evoke a Bygone Berlin: Little remains of the Germany detailed in the fallen PR genius's private pages.
November 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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I’m going to be honest with you: The headline is appalling, but the piece, which indeed has an absolutely bizarre tone of nostalgia, is worse.
November 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Canal Bird
November 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Currently in a country where cash still reigns and it’s kinda refreshing. Something about checking your roll before you head out is calming.
November 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Have figured out how to make vacation last a long time: just do a lot of laundry at self service spots , those minutes last for hours.
November 13, 2025 at 9:29 AM
birdshot
November 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
What percent of the current Democratic Party are centrists beyond the 8 that voted against everyone’s best interest?
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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So excited to drop @wcp.bsky.social's 2025 People Issue. These Washingtonians represent the best of D.C. and I was so honored to interview graffiti artist Luis Del Valle, King Molasses, & author Carolivia Herron.

Photos by @darrow-m.bsky.social
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7737...
The People Issue 2025
Get to know a drag king, a rapper, an exotic dance expert, and more.
washingtoncitypaper.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Last page of my passport fwiw
November 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Today’s Walk
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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November 10, 2025 at 2:02 AM